Grehan is close to Ireland Prime Minister (or Taoiseach) Enda Kelly, and was in Cleveland in
October of 2012 as part of Kelly’s delegation when she was spotted with FitzGerald.

Both FitzGerald and Grehan, separately married with children, have said nothing inappropriate
happened in the car.

FitzGerald said Grehan and Peter Hynes, a county official from Mayo, Ireland who was also on the
trip and also said nothing inappropriate happened between FitzGerald and Grehan, are family
friends.

“They've both been to Ed's home and met his children so he considers them
family friends,” said Lauren Hitt, a spokeswoman for FitzGerald.

Grehan’s trip to Cleveland was not the first time she met FitzGerald. In the
summer of 2012, FitzGerald traveled to Ireland as part of a Cuyahoga County delegation and that’s “
the first time Ed remembers meeting her.”

“It's possible they were introduced when the Mayo County delegation came to
Cleveland in 2011 but Ed doesn't remember meeting her there,” Hitt said. “Mayo County and Cleveland
have a close relationship which predated Ed's tenure as county executive.

“Delegations from the two areas have been going back and forth for many years
because there's a large Irish population in Cleveland that comes from that part of the
country."